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16 SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2005 UNC course attracts world-class pros j ft mm ii ITr ~' >* DTH Fltf/NATAUE ROSS Todd Stewart attempts to sink a put at the sth annual Tar Heel Tournament. The event showcased the University's newly revamped disc golf course. UNC-CHAPEL HILL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Office (LGBTQ Office) The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Office is a program of the Office of the Dean of Students and works to foster a safe inclusive environment for UNC-Chapel Hill students of all sexualities and gender identities. UPCOMING FALL LGBTQ OFFICE EVENTS Social Hour and A Half (S.H AH.) SHAH is a weekly social event on campus to meet other LGBTQ and Ally identified students, learn about upcoming events, relax, and enjoy free food, and have fun. EVERY Wednesday s:oopm-6:3opm Safe Zone: Safe Zone is part one of a training program that aims to create a network of allies for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students: while helping make the University community a safer and more supportive place for all LGBTQ people. Training Dates: Fall Semester Aug 10th 9am - Ipm Oct 13th 9am - Ipm Sept 13th Ipm - spm Nov 9th spm - 9pm Sept 27th spm - 9pm A continuation of Safe Zone is the Safe Zone Challenge. Safe Zone Challenge is for current Allies that want to advance their knowledge about the LGBTQ community on campus. Safe Zone Challenge Dates: Fall Semester Oct 25th 3pm - spm CHECK OUR WEBSITE http://lgbtq.unc.edu or EMAIL lghtq@unc.edu to register for Safe Zone, SHAH location, and information on other programs. Isa ii) your future? Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Luce, Goldwater, Mitchell, Mellon, Udall, Carnegie Endowment, Churchill etc., etc. Informational Meeting for 2005—2006 Scholarships: Thursday September 1,4 pm Student Union Auditorium Presented by the Office of Distinguished Scholarships, James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence www.distinguishedscholarships.unc.edu Welcome Back Stars shine in disc golf tournament BY EMILY FISHER STAFF WRITER Kirk Yoo is too slow to play Ultimate Frisbee and too frugal to play golf, so he plays disc golf instead. It’s free of charge and still all in the wrist. Yoo, a member of the Professional Disc Golf Association’s Board of Directors, was one of 89 competitors in the fifth annual Tar Heel Tournament on July 16 and July 17 at the newly revamped course behind UNC-Chapel Hill’s Outdoor Education Center. Disc golf, which originated in the 19705, is played on a par sys tem like traditional golf, only the ball is replaced with thick, plastic Frisbee-like discs that are thrown toward a metal basket. The contest was organized by the Carolina Disc Golf Club —a group that has been re-initiated as a campus organization after it expired last semester. Andrew George, a second-year ecology graduate student, is the president of the disc golf club. He worked to pull the club back together when it was suffering organizationally, and he led the effort to spruce up the course. “It’s a diamond in the rough,” he said. “It’s one of the best courses on the East Coast” When George real ized several months ago that some of the bike trails behind the outdoor center were not being used, he saw the opportunity to build two new, more difficult holes in the woods. The outdoor center, the University and a group of volunteers pitched in concrete, new baskets and hours of labor. This came after a basket was stolen last semester and many of the course’s existing baskets were in poor repair. Their goal was to finish improv ing the course by the tournament’s selection of Rainbows In the THan^' e AM UNC students nM reedw o FREE gift whh every purchase of tatabmr Sandals. Valid through the month of September with a student ZD. VWt one of our Mask locations at the following mails: Crabtree Valley MaN: (919) 788-5455 Southpokrt Mol: (919) 206-4645 (2nd Usd • üby Tuesday's Entrance) (Just outside of the Feed Court) m work in the I M < II l< I lH and earn while you learn Work in: Memorial Hall, the Cabaret, Great Hall and other locations across campus. Eventssuctias: Mark Morris Dance Group, Fall Fest, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Homecoming Concert, Los Lobos, Nanci Griffith with Tift Merritt, and on campus student performances. Student positions include: House Staff Greet, take tickets, direct and assist patrons. {House managers, assistant house managers, ushers} Tech Staff Work with lights and sound backstage. {Production supervisors, stagehands} Projection Staff Build, preview and show films. {Projection supervisors, projectionists} Other flexible student lobs at the Carolina Union: Information Desk, Box Office, Building Operations, Underground Eor Information or to apply contact: Jaime Hughes F.P.G. Student Union, Room 3103 unionjobs@unc.edu 919.966.3129 date, and the Friday before the first disc was thrown, George said, the finishing touches were still being added. Players were split into five divisions for the tournament: Open, Masters, Advanced, Intermediate and Intermediate Women. The largest division was Advanced with 33 entries. Taylor Adams, a rising freshman at N.C. State University, played in the tournament and helped with the course improvement. “It’s the best I’ve ever seen it,” he said. The world’s largest disc-golf company, Charlotte-based Innova, sponsored the tournament, along with the Raleigh Area Disc League. The Triangle has a flourishing pop ulation of disc golfers, with at least seven courses in the area and several world-class players in the region. One such Raleigh native is pro fessional disc golfer Walt Haney, who finished sixth in the Open division Sunday. “Other than California, Michigan and Texas, our state has the most courses and the toughest pro field,” he said. “It would be hard to place well from out of state.” Another tournament player, “Diamond” Dave McQuay, pointed at Haney as he passed by. “He’s a god,” said McQuay, who placed fifth. Haney is sponsored by Innova and plays in approximately Was Sailg (Ear Hrrl 25 tournaments a year for money. On Saturday, he carried 18 multi colored discs in his shoulder-slung bag, but he has upwards of6oo at home, he said. McQuay is no beginner, either. With 14 years of experience playing in the TYiangle, he holds records for “speed golf,” which is disc golf at running speed. He achieved a score of 11 under par in 11 minutes. McQuay said the landscape there are open, grassy parts as well as hilly and wooded sections is what makes the UNC-CH course so appealing.' George estimated that at least 50 people play the course every day, most of whom are students, with the majority of them being graduate students. He said that in the future, he wants more undergraduates to join the club, which currently has approximately 60 active members. “The course is reborn, and I think the improvements make it more challenging —but a lot more fim,” he said. Like most courses, it is free to the public, and it only takes a little more than an hour to play a round. But if you go, just don’t talk during tee off it’s still bad manners. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
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